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Mirza Ghulam Ahmad

Founder of the Ahmadiyya movement in Islam.

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Mirza Ghulam Ahmad

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He claimed to be the promised Messiah and Mahdi, as well as a divine reformer.[1][2] The founder of the Ahmadiyya movement in Islam, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, was an Indian religious leader.[1]

Life and work

After 1868, he returned to Qadian to manage estate affairs and was known as a social recluse.[3] In 1886, he spent forty days in seclusion at Hoshiarpur after a challenge from Arya Samaj leaders.[4][5] He proclaimed that Jesus survived crucifixion and died naturally in Kashmir.[6][7] In 1897, a Christian missionary filed a lawsuit of attempted murder against Ahmad, but he was declared innocent.[8]

He died from dysentery on 26 May 1908 in Lahore and was buried in Qadian.[9] Mirza Hadi Beg, a member of the Barlas tribe who migrated from Samarkand and founded Qadian in 1530, was an ancestor of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad.[10] Between 1864 and 1868, Ahmad's employment as a clerk in Sialkot, done at his father's request, led to frequent debates with Christian missionaries.[3] The Ahmadiyya community was established on 23 March 1889 when Ahmad accepted a pledge of allegiance from forty followers.[11]

What the cited sources add

The same source notes that Ahmad accepted a challenge from Arya Samaj leaders and spent 40 days in seclusion at Hoshiarpur.[5] The Review of Religions describes the Khutba Ilhamia, a sermon delivered extempore in Arabic on 11 April 1900, as a magnificent miracle.[12] During this sermon, an unseen hand seemed to grip Ahmad and a voice from the unknown made him its mouthpiece.[12][13]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Mirza Ghulam Ahmad" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ahmad, "Haqiqatul Wahi", Islam International Publications, 1907, p. 655; "Al Hakam - The claims of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as)" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Mirza Ghulam Ahmad" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Schäfer, "Toward the Millennium: Messianic Expectations from the Bible to Waco", Brill/Princeton UP, 1998, p. 306–7; "Tadhkirah"; "Fatah-Islam (1890)"; Ahmad, "Tawdhi-i-Marām (1891)", Islam International, 2004; Izāla-i-Auhām (1891). (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Mirza Ghulam Ahmad" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements", Brill Publishers, 2021, p. 637–657; Korbel, "Religious Dynamics under the Impact of Imperialism and Colonialism", Brill Publishers, 2016, p. 426–442; http://www.alislam.org/library/books/Life-of-Ahmad-20080411MN.pdf (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Mirza Ghulam Ahmad" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ahmad, the Guided One, p. 91.; Musleh Mau'ood, Khalifatul Masih II, in the Eyes of Non-Ahmadies, The Ahmadiyya Gazette, February 1997. (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Musleh Mau'ood, Khalifatul Masih II, in the Eyes of Non-Ahmadies, The Ahmadiyya Gazette, February 1997.. facts only, no text reused. alislam.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Mirza Ghulam Ahmad" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The Founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement", by Maulana Muhammad Ali, Chapter 4: Mahdi and Messiah.; Khan 2015, p. 21; "Chapter Two – Claims of Hadhrat Ahmad", Alislam.org, 24 June 1904; "The Fourteenth-Century's Reformer / Mujaddid", from the "Call of Islam", by Maulana Muhammad Ali.; "Qadianism – A Critical Study" , by Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi.; "Introducing the Books of the Promised Messiah (as)"; "An Introduction to the Hidden Treasures of Islam"; "Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements", Brill Publishers, 2021, p. 637–657; Korbel, "Rel en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Mirza Ghulam Ahmad" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Khan 2015, p. 21 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Mirza Ghulam Ahmad" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ian Adamson, "Ahmad the Guided One", Islam International Publications Ltd, 1999, p. 177–193; "Lawsuit by Dr.Clark", Al Islam (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Mirza Ghulam Ahmad" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Re-Institution of Khilafat", Alislam.org; "A Spiritual Challenge – Mubahala with Maulvi Sanaullah Amritsari"; "His Last Testament", Al Islam; Valentine, "Islam and the Ahmadiyya Jamaʻat: History, Belief, Practice", p. 41; Valentine, "Islam and the Ahmadiyya Jamaʻat: History, Belief, Practice", Columbia University Press, 2008, p. 53; "H.H. Risley and E.A. Gait, (1903), Report of the Census of India, 1901, Calcutta, Superintendent of Government Printing, p. 373.", Chinese Heritage of the Australian Federation Project (original not rea en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Mirza Ghulam Ahmad" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Khan 2015, p. 21; "Faith and Thought" Vol. 37. The Victoria Institute, Great Britain. Original from the University of Michigan, p. 242.; Hadhrat Ahmad by Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad.; "Complete Book: Chiefs of Punjab by Lepel Griffin", apnaorg.com; Khan 2015, p. 21; Khan 2015, p. 21 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  11. Wikipedia, "Mirza Ghulam Ahmad" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Yohanan Friedmann. Prophecy Continuous: Aspects of Ahmadi Religious Thought and its Medieval Background Oxford University Press, 2003, p. 140. "Like Muḥammad, h; Simon Ross Valentine. Islam and the Ahmadiyya Jama'at: History, Belief, Practice Columbia University Press, 2008, p. 42. "Following the death of his father in 1; Louis J. Hammann."Ahmaddiyyat - An Introduction" Ahmadiyya Muslim Community [online], 1985 "It was not, however, until his 41st year (1876) that Hazrat Ahmad be; "Ten Conditions of Baiat", Alislam.org; "The Ten Cond en.wikipedia.org
  12. Miraculous Knowledge of Arabic, The Review of Religions, July 1993.. facts only, no text reused. alislam.org
  13. Wikipedia, "Mirza Ghulam Ahmad" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Miraculous Knowledge of Arabic, The Review of Religions, July 1993. (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org

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